Monday, 25 March 2013

Will Karl kill again on Coronation Street?

There's an interview in today's Mirror with John Michie, who plays Coronation Street's Karl Munro. John talks about his storyline in which Karl set the Rovers on fire - which will kill off Sunita very soon. He says that the story will run through the summer and Karl is driven close to killing again to keep his deadly secret.

Ooh, I wonder who he'll try to do in? Jason?

John says he's already had some stick from fans for burning down the Rovers.

He says: “I try and disguise myself when I am walking around, I’ve got a very good way of disguising myself. I
got hissed at coming down the stairs the other day from people on a
tour of the set. They were saying, ‘oh, you are a bad man’ so I get
plenty of that. When I went running in the summer I would get quite a
lot of that from people about Sunita and Dev. After all this I am going to have to get a better disguise. The good thing about running is that I can run away from them. As long as people don’t take it too seriously. I am sure I will get a lot of it, it’ll be a new experience.”

He is an excellent actor..totally believable as the demented Karl. I'm glad he'll be sticking around, if anything but to give us a break from the Chesney/Katy/Ryan nonsense that we're going to be subjected to over the next few months.

He marries Stella but soon gets bored stiff of her blandness as well the inane banter of Eva and Gloria. He tries to do the honorable thing of stuffing a pillow over Stella's face but he is stopped by MC's agent, who threatens legal action against Corrie. As appeasement the producers extent MC's contract indefinitely and Karl is forced to leave the cobbles, tarred and feathered.